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March 2nd 2010
Over the Rainbow
Ludlow Methodist Church 7.00pm
a short concert by Ludlow New Voices
Music Director - Patrick Larley
March 5th-7th 2010
Ludlow New Voices take part in the
Oswestry Music Festival
March 13th 2010
Adrian Boult Hall
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Soprano - Megan Llwellyn Dorke
Mezzo soprano - Jennifer Westwood
Tenor - Martin Hindmarsh
Bass - Richard Strivens
Piano - Kevin Gill
Harmonium - Darren Hogg
Conductor - Patrick Larley
March 27th 2010
Ludlow Parish Church
Faure Requiem
Rutter Requiem
Soprano - Edwina Coward
Baritone - Adrian Blakeley
Organ - Peter Dyke
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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May 8th 2010
Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Powys
Mongomeryshire County Festival Chorus
Faure Requiem
Rutter Mass of the Children
Soprano - Gemma Busfield
Baritone - Jamie Hall
Conductor - Patrick Larley
May 15th 2010
Choral Workshop
Ludlow Parish Church
In aid of the St. Laurence's Church Conservation Trust
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)
Patrick directs a workshop and evening performance of
popular work. Singers interested in participating should contact: Sue Jones on 01584 874747.
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June 26th 2010
Hallelujah!
Ludlow Parish Church
Ludlow Choral Society
Patrick conducts a concert of great oratorio choruses.
featuring
The Ludlow New Voices and
Soprano - Sarah Ann Cromwell
Piano - Steve Dunachie
Programme includes choruses by
Bach, Beethoven, Faure, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi and
Handel's Hallelujah chorus from Messiah
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July 3rd 2010
Gloria in Excelsis
Tewkesbury Abbey
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Gemini Brass
Organ - Kevin Gill
Conductor - Patrick Larley
Rutter Gloria
and other works by Tavener, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Ireland
July 24th-31st 2010
BFCS tour of Slovakia
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November 20th 2010
Ludlow Parish Church
Gounod Messe Solennelle (St. Cecilia Mass)
Duruflé Requiem
Soprano - Sarah Ann Cromwell
Tenor - Stephen Newlove
Bass - Adrian Blakeley
Organ - Graham Eccles
Conductor - Patrick Larley
November 20th 2010
St. Paul's Church, Chichester
Christopher Larley conducts the second performance of
Patrick's In Praise of Music (commissioned for 150 anniversary of LCS)
Chantry Choir
St. Paul's children's choir and
Prebendel School Chamber Choir
Soprano - Katie Alder
Contralto - Victoria Shone
Organ - Oliver Hancock
Piano - Alison Brown
November 28th 2010
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Brahms Requiem
Soprano - Sarah Cotterill
Baritone - Tba
Central England Ensemble
Conductor - Patrick Larley
November 29th 2010
Chichester Cathedral
The Prebendal Chamber Choir sing Patrick's Angel Voices
during Choral Evensong
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December 12th 2010
St. John's and St. Peter's Church, Ladywood, Birmingham
BFCS Christmas Charity Concert
Dancing Day
Organ/piano - Kevin Gill
Conductor - Patrick Larley
December 17th 2010
Ludlow Parish Church
Ludlow Family Christmas Concert
Ludlow Choral Society
Ludlow New Voices
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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January 22nd 2011
First workshop rehearsal for
Montgomery County Music Festival
Handel Coronation Anthems
Patrick's new work The Gentle Earth of Wales
January 25th 2011
Ludlow Methodist Church
Ludlow New Voices
Patrick directs LNV in the musical Yanamamo.
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February 10th 2011
The Octagon, Edgebaston High School
A workshop led by Patrick on Fanshawe's Pacific Song
and Rutter's A Mass of the Children
Birmingham Festival Choral Society and Edgebaston High School choirs.
February 26th 2011
Second workshop rehearsal for Montgomery County Music Festival
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March 19th 2011
Ludlow School
A Contemporary Collection
Patrick leads a choral workshop featuring works by contemporary composers
Music by Arvo Part, James Macmillan, Morten Lauridsen and Patrick Larley.
Open to all singers For details contact: Sue Jones suejones@ludlowchoral.org.uk
March 26th 2011
Third workshop rehearsal for Montgomery County Music Festival
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April 1st and 2nd 2011
Peace in our Time
The Octagon, Edgbaston High School
Patrick directs BFCS and the choirs of EHS in
David Fanshawe's Pacific Song -a work inspired by the Pacific
and the chants and dances of Tonga.
Programme also includes:
Fanshawe's Dona Nobis Pacem
John Rutter's Mass of the Children
April 9th 2011
Fourth workshop rehearsal for Montgomery County Music Festival
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May 7th 2011
Llanidloes Community Hall
Montgomery County Music Festival Chorus
Welshpool High School and Llanidloes High School choirs
The Festival Orchestra
Soprano - Megan Llewellyn Dorke
Baritone - Jeremy Huw Williams
The World Premiere of Patrick's The Gentle Earth of Wales
Commissioned for the 90th Anniversary of the Montgomery County Music Festival and marking Patrick's own 60th birthday year
Programme also includes:
Handel Four Coronation Anthems
Handel Extracts from Messiah
May 14th 2011
Ludlow Parish Church
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
Ludlow Choral Society
18th Century Sinfonia and English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Sopranos - Gemma Busfield and Sasha Johnson Manning
Countertenor - Patrick Dunachie
Tenors - Richard Roddis and Christopher Larley
Bass - Roger Barlow
Directed from the chamber organ by Patrick Larley
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July 2nd 2011
Ludlow Choral Society
Sumer is icumen in
An end of season Summer concert.
Choral music from the lighter side of the repertoire
partsongs, and folksong arrangements.
July 9th 2011
Malvern Priory
Vivaldi Gloria
Bach Concerto for oboe and violin in D minor
Arvo Part Berliner Mass
Patrick Larley Prelude for String Orchestra
ESO Chamber Orchestra
Soprano - Sarah Ann Cromwell
Contralto - Victoria Shone
Directed from the harsichord by Patrick Larley
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September 10th and 11th 2011
Birmingham Artsfest
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November 19th 2011
Ludlow Choral Society & Orchestra
Mozart Coronation Mass
Mozart Exultate Jubilate and Alleluia
Haydn Maria Theresa Mass
Soprano - Sarah Ann Cromwell
Alto - Cathy Bell
Tenor - Stephen Newlove
Bass - James Birchall
Conductor - Patrick Larley
November 26th 2011
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Schubert Deutsche Messe
Bruckner Mass in E minor
Conductor - Patrick Larley
November 27th 2011
First performance of Veni Emmanuel for Children's voices
Composed for the Bangor-on Dee Advent Carol service
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December 17th 2011
St. John's and St. Peter's Church, Ladywood, Birmingham
Hail, Smiling Morn!
BFCS present a Victorian Christmas Concert
Includes two new arrangements by Patrick Larley
Masters in this Hall and Love came down at Christmas
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March 24th 2012
Ludlow Parish Church
Cecilia McDowall Ave Maris Stella
Cecilia McDowall Magnificat
Patrick Hadley I sing of a Maiden
John Rutter Magnificat
Soprano - Louise Wayman
Mezzo-soprano - Cathy Bell
Organ - Kevin Gill
Conductor - Patrick Larley
March 25th 2012
St. Paul's Church, Chichester
Handel Messiah (Parts 2 & 3)
Chantry Choir & soloists
Organ - Patrick larley
Conductor - Christopher Larley
March 31st 2012
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
Home from the Sea
Birmingham Festival Choral Society & Orchestra
Elis Pekhonen Home from the Sea (2nd performance)
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams An Oxford Elegy
Herbert Howells Elegy for Viola and String Orchestra
Herbert Howells A Hymn for St. Cecilia
Viola soloist - Nigel Stubbs
Baritone Jeremy - Huw Williams
Reader - Gill Larley
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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May 12th 2012
Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Powys
Haydn Creation
Montgomeryshire County Music Festival
Soprano - Eleanor Gregory
Tenor - Stephen Newlove
Bass - James Birchall
The Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Conductor - Patrick Larley
May 19th 2012
St. Laurence's Parish Church, Ludlow
Bruckner's Miniature Masterpieces
LCS Annual Choral Workshop
Patrick directs a workshop studying the
unaccompanied Latin motets of Anton Bruckner.
All singers welcome.
Contact Sue Jone: sjones.phys@tiscali.co.uk
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July 7th 2012
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
On Broadway!
A celebration of great songs from the shows
Ludlow Choral Society
Soprano - Sarah Ann Cromwell
Baritone - Adrian Blakeley
Piano - Steve Dunachie
Conductor - Patrick Larley
This concert is part of the Ludlow Festival
July 14th 2012
Tewkesbury Abbey
Jubilate!
Choral works by Finzi, Britten, Stanford and Larley
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Organ - Kevin Gill
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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November 17th 2012
St. Laurence's Church, Ludlow
Mozart Requiem
Mozart Ave Verum
Boyce Sinfonia No.1 in B flat
Monteverdi Beatus vir
Ludlow Choral Society Chorus & Orchestra
Conductor - Patrick Larley
November 24th 2012
Adrian Boult Hall
Bach Mass in B minor
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Soprano - Sarah Ann Cromwell
Alto - Cathy Bell
Tenor - Nathan Vale
Bass - James Birchall
18th Century Sinfonia
Directed from the chamber organ by Patrick Larley
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December 1st 2012
Wachet Auf!
A sequence of music and readings for Advent.
Ludlow Choral Society & Ludlow New Voices
Piano - Steve Dunachie
Conductor - Patrick Larley
December 8th 2012
Wolcum Yole!
St. John's & St. Peter's Church, Ladywood, Birmingham
BFCS present a Medieval Christmas Concert
December 11th 2012
Ludlow Choral Society sing popular Christmas carols around the town.
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March 23rd 2013
St. George's Church, Edgbaston
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
The Auld Alliance!
Maurice Duruflé Requiem
James Macmillan Mass 2000
Mezzo Soprano - Cathy Bell
Organ - Kevin Gill
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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June 29th 2013 (date to be confirmed)
LUDLOW FESTIVAL CONCERT
Brahms Requiem
Haydn Te Deum
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St. Anthony Chorale)
The Ludlow Orchestra
Ludlow Choral Society
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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July 6th 2013
Malvern Priory
From the Grass Roots!
Choral music by British composers inspired by folk & traditional music
John Rutter A Sprig of Thyme
John Rutter Suite Antiqua for flute solo
arr. Larley Two Folksongs
1. The Lark in the Clear Air
2. The Ash Grove
arr. Britten Two Folksongs
1. The Water is Wide
2. She's like the Swallow
Cecilia McDowall A Fancy of Folksong
Vaughan Williams Five English Folksongs
Birmingham Festival Choral Society Chorus & Chamber Ensemble
Conductor - Patrick Larley
July 22nd - 29th 2013
BFCS Concert Tour of Ireland.
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September 14th - 15th 2013
Birmingham Artsfest
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November 2nd 2013
St. Laurence's Church Ludlow
BFCS and LCS join forces in a grand performance of
Handel's Messiah
At the historic Snetzler Organ - Kevin Gill
Conductor - Patrick Larley
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